Blue Ridge Energy is working with its power supplier and closely monitoring extreme cold conditions expected through Thursday, with temperatures dropping to the lowest levels in years for an extended ...

Coach Groce was a longtime coach, teacher, athletic director, and administrator at Appalachian High School and Watauga High School. A beloved member of the WHS family and High Country community, his ...

…EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE… WHAT…Air temperatures in the single digits to 5 below zero. Dangerously cold wind ...

The Avery County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing person Aaron Edmisten. He was ...

The Ashe County Sheriff's Office is warning of yet another scam going around the county. They are still encountering calls stating that an Ashe County Sheriff's Office officer is calling to collect ...

The scale of Helene’s impact to lands near rivers and waterways has led some landowners previously planning to develop floodplain property to seek out alternatives. Conservation, which has a variety ...

Lenoir, North Carolina (January 10, 2025) – Each year, Blue Ridge Energy offers sixth or seventh-grade students the chance to win a full scholarship to one of North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy ...

BOONE, NC – In an ongoing effort to track real-time conditions for local businesses as recovery from the impacts of Hurricane Helene continue, the Watauga County Economic Development Commission ...

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